The sun is slowly setting and the weather is cooling. People fleeing the heat came out of their houses, and the whole village came alive again.

He Zhengxing and Zhu Sanduo walked out of the house, looked at the sun in the western sky, and walked quickly towards the Juma River not far away. When he arrived at the river, Zhu Sanduo looked at the wide water surface and said, "Brother, where is the boat?" ”

He Zhengxing said: "Are you stupid, of course the boat has to be hidden, otherwise it will be seen and repaid!" ”

After speaking, he took Zhu Sanduo to the reeds next to him, pointed to a small boat in the depths of the reeds and said, "Look, what is that?" ”

Zhu Sanduo saw it and clapped his hands: "Sure enough, there is really a boat!" Although the boat is not big, it is big enough to carry two of us. With Meng Xuexue on the other side of the river, which one will go to Zhuozhou! I heard that the Song people arranged it properly, and when they got the grain to eat, they also arranged to open the land! ”

He Zhengxing nodded: "Of course!" In the nearby villages, many households have decided that they will follow the pedants to the other side. Didn't you listen to the people who came back from Zhuozhou say that the Khitan people were very fierce in this city repair, and they don't know how many dead people there are every day! ”

As they spoke, they went into the water, pushed the boat, and reached the open water, where it was tied under a large willow tree.

At this moment, a man walked by the shore, saw the two of them, and asked in a loud voice, "Brother He, do you want to use a boat to fish?" ”

Zhu Sanduo looked back, and when he saw that it was Shi Yiming from this village, he said loudly: "Which one is going to fish!" Tonight, a few of us will go to the other side of the river, and we will not serve in Zhuozhou. Father and son in your family, aren't you leaving? ”

Shi Yiming was startled, and hurriedly asked again: "Why did you go to the other side of the river?" How come I haven't heard? ”

He Zhengxing grabbed Zhu Sanduo, who was about to say more, and said, "Don't listen to this bastard's nonsense!" It rained yesterday, and we tugboat out today to see if the boat is in good condition. ”

Zhu Sanduo didn't know what to do, but his hand was clenched tightly by He Zhengxing, and he didn't dare to speak again.

Shi Yiming saw that the two of them didn't speak, he felt bored, and said a few words casually, and left in a hurry.

Watching Shi Yiming leave, Zhu Sanduo shook off his hand and said, "Brother, the people in our village see each other every day, why hide it from him?" ”

"You're stupid!" He Zhengxing was angry. "At this time, when I was Ming, I used to do detailed work for the government, and went to the south bank to inquire about the military situation, but I was almost caught and killed. Escaping across the river is a violation of the king's law, so how can you tell him about it? This guy goes to the government to file a complaint, where do we go? ”

Zhu Sanduo patted his head: "Ah, I actually forgot about it!" It's my fault, brother! ”

Shi Yiming returned to the village, and the more he thought about it, the more strange he felt. Those from nearby villages who are going to serve in Zhuozhou will start their journey tomorrow. In the past two days, the people in the village have been sneaking around when they see themselves, and they must have something. Thinking of what Zhu Sanduo began to say, he was going to cross the river tonight, and he couldn't help but be shocked.

Could it be that these people have really made up their minds to cross the river? This is no small matter. If you report to the government, you will be a great achievement, and if you are exempted from the service of Zhuozhou, you may be able to inject money.

After thinking for a while, he entered the room and said to his father: "Daddy, today I saw two people in the village fiddling with boats by the river, saying that they were going to cross the river at night. Have you ever heard someone in the village say something like this? ”

The old man said angrily: "My legs have hurt a little in the past two days, and I haven't gone out, where did I hear about this." ”

"It's useless!" Shi Yiming said hatefully and went out of the room again. Sitting in the courtyard, thinking about it carefully. After thinking about it for a long time, my heart was crossed, and I hurriedly walked out of the hospital. These spills in the village hide many things from themselves. Since I can't ask, it's better to tell you. If you can't seize the opportunity, you don't deserve to suffer.

Meng Xueshu was helping his wife clean up at home, Wei Xinshu stepped in and said, "Xuexue, it's not good!" Someone saw it just now, Shi Yiming from the nearby village, rented a horse at the entrance of the village and went to the new city. The people in the village were two villagers who got a boat and gave him the news. ”

Meng Xuexue was taken aback, and complained bitterly in his heart. At this time, Shi Yiming was considered an official spy, and he even crossed the river to the other side to investigate the military situation of the Song Dynasty in order to reward money, and was almost caught and killed. At this time, what else can you do when you go to the county seat?

After thinking about it, Meng Xue said: "Xincheng is thirty miles from here, if Shi Yiming reports to the government, he can come to arrest people at night, where can we get away?" If you can't wait, you should immediately inform the villagers who are leaving, and in half an hour, we will go to the river!" ”

Wei Xin said: "But, it's not dark yet!" Crossing the river in broad daylight, how can you hide it! ”

Meng Xue said: "Someone is already going to report to the official, who else can I hide?" Hurry up and inform the person who is leaving, and leave immediately! ”

After saying that, let the wife on the side hurry up, the unimportant things are to be brought.

When Wei Xin saw it, he didn't dare to speak anymore, and walked out of the room quickly. Meng Xuexue arranged his home, strode out, and hurriedly went to inform the people from several other villages. I came back from the other side last night, and I don't want the news to spread soon. Most of the nearby villages have to go, and roughly calculated, there are more than 100 households. This year, more than 100 households, six or seven hundred people, is a very large team.

Walking on the road, Meng Xuezhi estimated in his heart. Shi Yiming arrived in the new city, and when he reported to the official and ordered the soldiers and horses, it would take them an hour or two to get to the river. I gathered here for half an hour and crossed the river together, if everything went well, I shouldn't be caught by the Khitan soldiers and horses.

The sun hung red in the western sky, and the sun shone down all over the sky, and the river shone with golden light. The cool breeze blew, accompanied by the moisture on the river, blowing away the heat of the day. On the banks of the Juma River, several small boats were parked there, and the shore was crowded with people.

Meng Xuexue complained bitterly in his heart, five small fishing boats, there are one hundred and fifty or sixty people here, where can they go over at one time? He said loudly: "Don't panic, everyone, listen to me!" This time I crossed the river, everything on the other side was taken care of, and I didn't need to bring anything I didn't need. Our ship is small, and it can only carry people, and we can't carry anything like ploughing oxen! Also, according to the village, cross the river one at a time, and the old people and women and children go first! ”

On one side, a villager said: "There are no ploughing cattle, how can we farm after crossing the river!" ”

Meng Xue said: "Everything will be found later, and we will first avoid the battle of repairing the city that will cost people's lives!" With the ploughing oxen, we can't get by, so we can only give up first! Time is urgent, don't argue, let the women and children cross the river first! ”

After speaking, he found a few people he trusted, divided the people who wanted to cross the river into several groups, and sent the old people, women and children over first. Meng Xuezhu's reputation in this area is very high, and even if some people are unwilling, they still do what he says.

At this time, in the summer, the Juma River is much wider, and the water in the river is urgent, so it is not easy to walk. It wasn't until the sun went down that half of the people were sent to the other side, and only the young men were left on this side of the river. Watching the ferry rock back, Meng Xue sighed.

After sending half of the people on the boat, Meng Xuexue wiped a handful of Han and said to Zhu Zhaoren beside him: "One more time, we will cross the river." When they arrived on the other side of the river, even if the people from the government chased them, it was useless, and I didn't believe that they dared to cross the river to chase them. ”

Zhu Zhaoren said: "What the pedant said is. If we had known this, we should have crossed the river in the morning. ”

Meng Xuexue smiled bitterly and shook his head: "If you don't pack up your salute, how can you go?" Not to mention, when crossing the river in the morning, someone will inevitably report to the government, but I am afraid that they will chase after it early. Even if they leave now, they are still in a hurry, and many people have not packed up their salutes. ”

A few people gossiped as they watched as the ferry rocked to the other side and lowered the people. The boatmen turned the bow of the boat and breathed a sigh of relief.

Let's say that Shi Yiming went to Xincheng County and reported to the government, and the magistrate was surprised. Immediately sent a hundred garrisons from the county, and rode horses to gallop with Shi Yiming. One or two hundred people fled at once, and it was worth it.

When Yiming led the officers and soldiers to the vicinity of the Juma River, he couldn't help but cry out bitterly when he saw that most of the people in the village had left. The officers and men who reported to the team did not need to search carefully, and rushed directly to the Juma River.

When the ferry arrived on the shore, Meng Xuexue and the last remaining young man got on the fishing boat, and his heart was relaxed. This time I crossed the river, and there was no danger. As long as you get to the other side of the river, you will have nothing to do with the Khitan from now on.

At this moment, I heard the sound of horses' hooves behind me, and I became more and more anxious. Meng Xuezhu was taken aback, and hurriedly said to the boatman: "It's not good, didn't the government send someone?" Quickly rock the boat, and be chased by them to the rest of everything! ”

Several boatmen hurriedly untied their grips, and the boat swung into the river.

Shi Yiming led the officers and soldiers to the river, and saw that five small boats had already left the shore, and they looked two feet away. I had to turn around and say to Zheng Ze, the head catcher who led the team: "We are a step late, these Diao people have already boarded the boat!" ”

Zheng Ze looked at the fishing boats in the water and said sharply: "Take a bow and shoot arrows, don't be taken away by these thieves!" ”

His men shouted in agreement, took their bows and arrows, and shot them into the river. At this time, the boat was more than three feet away from the shore, and the man who came was carrying a bow and a bow on board, and the arrow was so weak that the boat had no strength. I only saw the ship holding various things to block the arrows, and I didn't know if I had hit it.

Zheng Ze looked around and said to Shi Yiming: "Are there any boats nearby?" Chase these thieves back, and I'll be rewarded! ”

Shi Yiming said: "Official, the boats are all in the water, they must have been all sailed to the other side by these people, where are there other boats nearby?" ”

At this moment, several slightly larger ships came down from the upper stream, and on them stood the Song soldiers. When they arrived nearby, the horizontal boat stopped in the middle of the boat of Meng Xuezhu and others and the riverbank.

Zheng Ze said: "This is the boat of the Song Renjie River Inspection Division, they came here at this time, didn't they lure the people of this dynasty?" Well, there is no need to ask about this matter, it must be the Song people who used tricks to lure the people! Go back to report to the top, and naturally fight a lawsuit with the Song people! ”

On the middle boat, inspector Peng Kai clasped his arms with his hands, squinted at the opposite shore, and his face was gloomy. Meng Xuezhu and the others had been tossing here for so long, and Peng Kai, who was patrolling the river, got the news and hurriedly brought people over. Looking at this situation, there are people crossing the river on the other side, and the Khitans are chasing after them. This boundary river theoretically belongs to the jurisdiction of the Song people, and no matter what, the Khitan people are not allowed to go down the river.